has everyone else seen that Reflex XTR 5.01 has been annouced for release on 25th November.

from the website:

* Exponential for elevator, aileron, rudder and tailrotor. The settings are stored with the Model parameters and allow the usage of expo functions with regular non-computerised radios.
* New Physical parameters Inertia at RPM increase and Inertia at RPM decrease for simulation of very agressive or rather slowly acting drive systems (turbine/ducted fans).
* Models can be flown closer to the pilot without stopping the simulation.
* The security zone now ends at 7 m. It will still be visible but the simulation will not stop above 7 m.
* New Roedinghausen indoor scenery is available now.
* New aircrafts.
* JPEG support for panorama image files

Interesting, although there is no mention of price.
It says that the upgrade will be available "by CD or download", but no mention if it will be a free upgrade for existing users. I hope it will be, as I just recently bought XTR.

The security zone change is welcome, but I'd have liked more to have a scenery construction kit.

The support for JPEG panoramas may be a good sign, as it takes away the need for converting JPG to BMP for downloaded sceneries. It may also mean that the Reflex people are planning to release more sceneries for download from their site.

I saw that Wolfgang mentioned in a thread in the German part of his forum that there might be a scenery construction kit coming, but not until early next year in the best case.